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Simulation of the long term radiometric responses of the Terra MODIS and EO-1 ALI using Hyperion spectral responses over Railroad Valley Playa in Nevada (RVPN) Simulation of the long term radiometric responses of the Terra MODIS and EO-1 ALI using Hyperion spectral responses over Railroad Valley Playa in Nevada (RVPN)
The Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) Hyperion instrument provides 220 spectral bands with wavelengths between 400 and 2500 nm at 30 m spatial resolution, which covers a 7.5 km by 100 km area on the ground. The EO-1 spacecraft has another multispectral sensor called the Advanced Land Imager (ALI), which has 10 spectral bands with wavelengths between 400 and 2350 nm at 30 m spatial resolution. The...
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Taeyoung Choi, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Amit Angal, Gyanesh Chander
Evaluation of the extent of contamination caused by historical mining in catchments of central Colorado Evaluation of the extent of contamination caused by historical mining in catchments of central Colorado
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted an assessment of stream water and sediment quality in central Colorado, an area of about 54,000 km2. The study area is focused on small tributary catchments in the Rocky Mountains. The Colorado Mineral belt, a northeast-trending mineralized zone that experienced base- and precious-metal mining at the beginning of the late 1800s and early 1900s, cuts...
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Stan E. Church, David L. Fey, Richard B. Wanty, Travis S. Schmidt, T. L. Klein, Barnaby W. Rockwell, Carma A. San Juan
ARCTOS: a relational database relating specimens, specimen-based science, and archival documentation ARCTOS: a relational database relating specimens, specimen-based science, and archival documentation
Data are preserved when they are perpetually discoverable, but even in the Information Age, discovery of legacy data appropriate to particular investigations is uncertain. Secure Internet storage is necessary but insufficient. Data can be discovered only when they are adequately described, and visibility increases markedly if the data are related to other data that are receiving usage...
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Gordon H. Jarrell, Cindy A. Ramotnik, D.L. McDonald
Avalanche ecology and large magnitude avalanche events: Glacier National Park, Montana, USA Avalanche ecology and large magnitude avalanche events: Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
Large magnitude snow avalanches play an important role ecologically in terms of wildlife habitat, vegetation diversity, and sediment transport within a watershed. Ecological effects from these infrequent avalanches can last for decades. Understanding the frequency of such large magnitude avalanches is also critical to avalanche forecasting for the Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR). In January...
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Daniel B. Fagre, Erich H. Peitzsch
Differentiating recalcitrant carbon residues in spent oil shale and source rocks Differentiating recalcitrant carbon residues in spent oil shale and source rocks
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Justin E. Birdwell, Tim E. Ruble, Christopher Laughrey, David Roper, Greg Walker
Implications of ground-deformation measurements across earth fissures in subsidence areas in the southwestern USA Implications of ground-deformation measurements across earth fissures in subsidence areas in the southwestern USA
Ground deformation was monitored at earth fissures in areas of land subsidence induced by groundwater extraction in the southwestern United States. The ground deformation is consistent with the mechanism that fissures are caused by horizontal strains generated by bending of overburden in response to localized differential compaction. Subsidence profiles indicated that localized...
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Thomas L. Holzer
Integrated simulation of consumptive use and land subsidence in the Central Valley, California, for the past and for a future subject to urbanization and climate change Integrated simulation of consumptive use and land subsidence in the Central Valley, California, for the past and for a future subject to urbanization and climate change
Competition for water resources is growing throughout California, particularly in the Central Valley where about 20% of all groundwater used in the United States is consumed for agriculture and urban water supply. Continued agricultural use coupled with urban growth and potential climate change would result in continued depletion of groundwater storage and associated land subsidence...
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Randall T. Hanson, Alan L. Flint, Claudia C. Faunt, Daniel R. Cayan, Lorraine E. Flint, Stanley A. Leake, Wolfgang Schmid
Herbicide treatment of invasive Vinca major growing with endangered Galium buxifolium, an island endemic Herbicide treatment of invasive Vinca major growing with endangered Galium buxifolium, an island endemic
Galium buxifolium E. Greene [Rubiaceae] (sea-cliff bedstraw) is a small shrub restricted to San Miguel and Santa Cruz Islands, in the California Channel Islands. Almost all of the 26 known populations grow on vertical north-facing sea cliffs in native scrub, sandwiched between the sea below and non-native annual grasslands on the terraces above. A notable exception is a popula?tion at...
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Kathryn McEachern, Katie Chess, Karen Flagg, Ken Niessen, Ken Owen, Thompson
Applying GORE-TEX technology for rapid contaminant assessments at Fort Gordon, Georgia Applying GORE-TEX technology for rapid contaminant assessments at Fort Gordon, Georgia
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Army at Fort Gordon, Georgia, deployed GORE1 adsorbent samplers along creeks and floodplains to rapidly assess potential contamination at abandoned facilities and in adjacent surface water. The samplers provide screening-level data to determine the presence or absence of volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile...
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Fred W. Falls, Larry G. Harrelson, W. Hagan Ratliff, John B. Wellborn, James Landmeyer
Data mining for water resource management part 2 - methods and approaches to solving contemporary problems Data mining for water resource management part 2 - methods and approaches to solving contemporary problems
This is the second of two papers that describe how data mining can aid natural-resource managers with the difficult problem of controlling the interactions between hydrologic and man-made systems. Data mining is a new science that assists scientists in converting large databases into knowledge, and is uniquely able to leverage the large amounts of real-time, multivariate data now being...
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Edwin A. Roehl, Paul Conrads
Development of a conceptual model of groundwater flow, Chesterfield County, South Carolina Development of a conceptual model of groundwater flow, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Chesterfield County is located in the north central part of South Carolina (SC) and is adjacent to the North Carolina border. The County lies along the Fall Line, the geologic boundary between the Atlantic Coastal Plain (ACP) and Piedmont physiographic provinces. Between 2000 and 2007, the population increased from 42,768 to 43,191 people (U.S. Census Bureau, 2007). Associated with this...
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Bruce G. Campbell, James Landmeyer
Harmful algal blooms: A case study in two mesotrophic drinking water supply reservoirs in South Carolina Harmful algal blooms: A case study in two mesotrophic drinking water supply reservoirs in South Carolina
Algal blooms can be harmful and a nuisance in a variety of aquatic ecosystems, including reservoirs and lakes. Cyanobacterial(blue-green algae) harmful algal blooms are notorious for producing both taste-and-odor compounds and potent toxins that may affect human health. Taste–and-odor episodes are aesthetic problems often caused by cyanobacterial-produced organic compounds (geosmin and
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Celeste A. Journey, Karen M. Beaulieu, Rodney R. Knight, Jennifer L. Graham, Jane M. Arrington, Rebecca West, John Westcott, Paul M. Bradley